Harrow



(N-o Model.)

L. LUPPEN.

\ HARROW. No. 255,878. Patented Apr. 4,1882.

UNrrn- STATES ATENT FFICE- LUPPE LUPPE, OF PEKIN, ILLINOIS.

HARROW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 255,8-76,dated April 4,1882.

i Application tiled November 22, 1881. (No model.)

. To all whom it may concern Beit known that I, LUPPE LUPPEN, a citizenof the United States, residing at Pekin, inthe county of Tazewell andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBarrows; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description ofthe invention, such as will enahle others skilled inthe'art to which it appertains to make and use the saine, referencebeing had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters or figures ot'reference marked thereon, which form a part of this speciiication.

My invention relates to improvements in harrows; andthe object of lnyimprovements is to provide a clip for holding the teeth of the harrow ina vertical position, or at such an angle to the frame thereof as may bedesired. I attain this object by the devices and combinations thereofillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis aperspective view, showing a portion of the frame of a barrow, abarrow-tooth, a clip for holding the tooth in position, and a bolt forattaching the clip to the frame. Fig. 2 is an elevation, partly insection, showing the parts above enumerated, with the tooth in avertical position; and Fig. 3 is a detached view, showing theconstruction of the clip.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In constructing harrows with my improvements attached I provide anysuitable form ot" frame-worlr,`A, which may be of wood or of metal,thebars of which may bejoined togetherI in the form ot' a V, or it lnay berectangular, or of any other form that is required.

At the point where the tooth B is to be attached to the frame there isplaced a clip, G, which consists of a bar of metal having upon its upperand lower ends shoulders or projections D D, and upon one ot' its sidesa projecting ear, D2, which is provided with an aperture for the passageof a bolt, E, which se cures the clip to the frame. This form of clip,when the teeth are set in a vertical position, as shown in Fig. 2, inwhich position they are placed when the implement is used forpulverizingthe ground, permits their being moved per surface of theframethe har-row being supposed to be moving to the leftthe teeth beingpassed through a semicircular recess formed on the interior otI theclip, as is shown in Fig. 3, it being retained lin its position by thebolt E.

Vhen the harrow is to be used for covering seed that has been sown thebolt E is slackened and they clip turned into an angular position, asshown in Fig. 1, and again tightened, when the teeth will be held intheir changed angular position, whichis `the most desirable one forseeding or covering seed sown.

I am aware that clips forA holding harrowteeth upon their frames whichpermit them to be setvertically and at an angle, broadly considered, arenot novel, such a device being shown in a patent, No. 229,788, grantedto F. G. VVinnek on the 6th of July, 1880, and hence I do not claim sucha clip broadly; but,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s-

1. The clip C, constructed substantially as shown and described, ithaving its pivotal point in a lug projecting from .one side thereof, andbeing provided with a groove for the reception ot the barrow-teeth, andwith pro-4 jections D and D for determining the positions ofthe teeth,as set forth.

2. The combination of the clip U, having in it a groove for thereception of the tooth of a harrow, a pivotal point in a projectionformed on one of its sides, and projecting lugs for determining thepositions ot' the teeth, and a clamping-bolt for securing the clip tothe beam of a harrow, the parts being constructed and arrangedsubstantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LUPPE LUPPEN.

Witnesses:

MENNE BEHRENS, PHILIPP, SGHEMBER.

